UCLA Child Health Research Career Development Award

描述(由申请人提供)：加州大学洛杉矶分校儿童健康研究职业发展奖(CHRCDA)的目标是增加从事人类和分子发展研究的儿科科学家的数量和有效性，应用于儿童健康问题：(A)通过继续建立一个英才中心，继续吸引有能力的年轻儿科医生，并在现有的多部门调查员-教师导师(共50人)的指导下促进他们的职业发展：(B)通过继续创新和灵活的计划，以适应具有广泛科学背景和经验的个人的需求，并继续发展和完善在加州大学洛杉矶分校CHRC取得成功的机制，以培养女性和少数族裔调查员的早期职业生涯。对每位学者的监测将继续包括CHRCDA教员导师、个性化学术监督委员会、首席研究员、项目主任、CHRCDA科学咨询委员会的反馈、外部咨询委员会、儿科系学者晋升和终身教职的具体学术导师、年度研讨会(如何在学术上取得成功、领导力和GCRC赞助的临床研究资助研讨会)以及每周的研究会议(翻译课程、进行中的研讨会、方法课程、CHRCDA研究研讨会和杂志俱乐部)：(C)利用CHRCDA每月一次的研究会议，将对分子开发应用于临床儿科感兴趣的基础科学家和儿科研究人员聚集在一起，继续提供更多机会，对儿科疾病采取创造性的跨学科方法。我们过去的记录表明，在过去的十年里，我们培养了20名学者。这些学者已经建立了独立的研究计划，如总共6个K08资助，16个R01/R21(3个待定)资助，1个U19资助，1个P01资助和20个其他基金会资助。我们建议通过CHRCDA每年支持四名学者，从而增加该计划培养的学者数量，使其成为未来成功的独立调查人员，并建立研究计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objectives of the proposed UCLA Child Health Research Career Development Award (CHRCDA) is to increase the number and effectiveness of pediatric scientists engaged in Human and Molecular Development research applied to child health problems: (a) by continuing a center of excellence that will continue to attract capable young pediatricians and facilitate their career development under the guidance of established multi-departmental investigator-faculty mentors (total of 50): (b) by continuing innovative and flexible programs to accommodate the needs of individuals with a broad range of scientific backgrounds and experiences, and to continue to develop and refine mechanisms that have been successful in the UCLA CHRC for cultivating the early careers of women and minority investigators. Monitoring for each of the scholars will continue to include the CHRCDA faculty mentor, the individualized scholarly oversight committee, the principal investigator, the program director, feedback from the CHRCDA Scientific Advisory Board, the External Advisory committee, the Department of Pediatrics scholar specific academic mentor for promotion and tenure, the annual workshops (How to Succeed in Academics, Leadership and the GCRC sponsored Clinical Research Grants Workshop, and the weekly research sessions (Translational Course, Work-in-Progress seminar, Methods Course, CHRCDA Research Seminars and Journal Club): (c) To continue to provide increased opportunities for creative inter-disciplinary approaches to pediatric diseases by bringing together basic scientists and pediatrician investigators interested in molecular development applications to clinical pediatrics through the use of monthly CHRCDA research sessions. Our past record demonstrates that we have trained 20 scholars over the past ten years. These scholars have established independent research programs as demonstrated by a total of six K08 grants, 16 R01/R21 (3 pending) grants, one U19 grant, one P01 grant and 20 other foundation grants. We propose to support four scholars per year through the CHRCDA, thereby increasing the number of scholars trained by this program towards becoming the future successful independent investigators with established research programs.